Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lingua franca nova

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
lin-gua fran-ca no-va
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Coined by Dr. C. George Boeree, the inventor of the language.

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Lingua Franca Nova terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Lingua Franca Nova terms

Synonyms

Questions

What does lingua franca nova mean?
A constructed language created by C. George Boeree based on French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan using either Latin or Cyrillic alphabets with grammar based on that of Romance Creoles.
Where does lingua franca nova come from?
Coined by Dr. C. George Boeree, the inventor of the language.

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